Ingredients

Also known as scallions or green onions, spring onions are in fact very young onions, harvested…

100g medium-flavoured soft blue cheese, such as dolcelatte

250g tub mascarpone

225g bag washed baby spinach

50g cooked thin and crispy smoked streaky bacon

Green salad and crusty bread, to serve

Method

Put a pan of salted water on to boil for the gnocchi. Meanwhile, slice the spring onions and blue cheese. Spoon the mascarpone into a large deep frying pan. Add the blue cheese and spring onions and leave to melt over a medium heat.

Stir the mascarpone mixture. Tip the gnocchi into the boiling water and cook for about 3 minutes, until they rise to the surface.

Add the spinach in large handfuls to the cheese mixture and stir until just wilted. Crumble in half the bacon. Skim the gnocchi from the pan with a draining spoon, stir into the cheese mixture, then crumble over the remaining bacon. Serve with salad and crusty bread.

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Comments, questions and tips

Just a lovely recipe. Made it for 1st time couple of days ago and it's so quick and easy and tastes delicious. Will definitely make this again.

natasha_roach@y...

11th Jun, 2016

5.05

Love this recipe so quick and easy and includes my favourite foods. I've always liked gnocchi and this is now my favourite way of having it. So delicious and moreish. I thought the blue cheese would be to strong but it works perfectly.

karania

23rd Apr, 2016

5.05

Delicious and quick to make. I will most certainly cook it again.

jomonki

5th Jun, 2015

5.05

This was absolutely delicious! It was really quick and easy to make and so full of flavour. I will definitely be making this again.

KeinEngel

11th Aug, 2014

5.05

This recipe is gorgeous but it only serves 3 in my house.

aimee2011

17th Jun, 2013

This was lovely and the two cheeses were great and not over powering like I expected. Tasty,cheap and quick mid week dinner, we will definitely cook this again.

october84

4th Feb, 2013

5.05

Have made this loads, a firm favourite. I just use cooking bacon and whatever blue cheese that comes to hand first. Also tend to add the whole bunch of spring onions (6-7) as like the taste they give.

whats4t

20th Oct, 2012

3.05

always forget to rate!!

whats4t

20th Oct, 2012

3.05

To prevent this dish being too rich and overpowering never use smoked bacon and blue cheese together....far too much salt in fact I never use bacon at all and find the result is fine.

rphayward80

6th Oct, 2012

5.05

Made this the first time tonight using brie, amazing flavour and so simple, next time will add some cherry tomatos or sun dried tomatos for that something extra to it and would use bacon lardons instead of the streaky bacon.
This will be a regualar meal for us

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I also crumble in some black pudding and use pancetta lardons. But the black pudding goes great and Gives it that little extra taste - delicious 5/5 - also making your own Gnocchi makes the recipe even better plus they are easy to make

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